Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            5

Equation at the end of step  1  :

         1
  502 -  — ÷ 10
         5

Step  2  :

         1      
 Divide  —  by  10
         5      

Equation at the end of step  2  :

          1
  502 -  ——
         50

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  50  as the denominator :

            502     502 • 50
     502 =  ———  =  ————————
             1         50   

Equivalent fraction : The fraction thus generated looks different but has the same value as the whole

Common denominator : The equivalent fraction and the other fraction involved in the calculation share the same denominator

Adding fractions that have a common denominator :

 3.2       Adding up the two equivalent fractions
Add the two equivalent fractions which now have a common denominator

Combine the numerators together, put the sum or difference over the common denominator then reduce to lowest terms if possible:

 502 • 50 - (1)     25099
 ——————————————  =  —————
       50            50  

Final result :

  25099             
  ————— = 501.98000 
   50